agent · ai-coding-agents
Amazon Q Developer vs Refact.ai
55 fields both were evaluated on, 25 of them different — including where one discloses something the other does not. Every value links to the document it came from. 30 further fields are disclosed by neither and are listed at the end rather than tabled.
Assurance
| Field | Amazon Q Developer | Refact.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Explainability· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Runtime governance· | “Enterprise-grade access controls Amazon Q provides familiar security and access controls and can understand and respect your existing AWS IAM Identity Center governance identities, roles, and permissions to personalize its interactions.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Permission scopes· | “Enterprise-grade access controls Amazon Q provides familiar security and access controls and can understand and respect your existing AWS IAM Identity Center governance identities, roles, and permissions to personalize its interactions.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Evaluation coverage· | “Amazon Q Developer agentic capabilities have achieved the highest scores on the SWE-Bench Leaderboard and Leaderboard Lite.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Agency
| Field | Amazon Q Developer | Refact.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Autonomy level· | autonomously perform a range of tasks–everything from implementing features, documenting, testing, reviewing, and refactoring code, to performing software upgrades “Amazon Q Developer agentic capabilities can autonomously perform a range of tasks–everything from implementing features, documenting, testing, reviewing, and refactoring code, to performing software upgrades.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Autonomous AI agent Delegate your coding tasks end-to-end Just describe what you need — Refact.ai Agent plans, executes, and deploys.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Human oversight· | while incorporating your feedback and providing real-time updates along the way “The agentic coding experience can intelligently perform tasks on your behalf by automatically reading and writing files, generating code diffs, and running shell commands, while incorporating your feedback and providing real-time updates along the way.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “It works like another developer in your IDE, integrating with your codebase and stack, while letting you preview and control the process.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Goal complexity· | complex multistep tasks such as unit testing, documentation, and code reviews “Amazon Q Developer agentic coding experience eliminates much of the work involved in complex multistep tasks such as unit testing, documentation, and code reviews.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Action space· | reading and writing files, generating code diffs, and running shell commands “The agentic coding experience can intelligently perform tasks on your behalf by automatically reading and writing files, generating code diffs, and running shell commands”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Refact.ai Agent accesses your resources and handles related operations autonomously, mimicking your workflow.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Operating environment· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Runs inside the developer's IDE, working against their codebase and stack “It works like another developer in your IDE, integrating with your codebase and stack, while letting you preview and control the process.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Initiative· | autonomously perform a range of tasks–everything from implementing features, documenting, testing, reviewing, and refactoring code, to performing software upgrades “Amazon Q Developer agentic capabilities can autonomously perform a range of tasks–everything from implementing features, documenting, testing, reviewing, and refactoring code, to performing software upgrades.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Safety
| Field | Amazon Q Developer | Refact.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Data handling· | “When you use Amazon Q Developer Pro , your proprietary content is not used for service improvement.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | On-premise deployment offered as the data-control option; no retention, training-use or deletion terms published on the page checked “On-premise deployment keeps your code private and fully under your control. It provides maximum security and complete data ownership.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Practicality
| Field | Amazon Q Developer | Refact.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model· | The Amazon Q Developer perpetual Free Tier gives you 50 agentic chat interactions per month. You can also transform up to 1,000 lines of code per month “Try Amazon Q Developer at no cost with the AWS Free Tier . The Amazon Q Developer perpetual Free Tier gives you 50 agentic chat interactions per month. You can also transform up to 1,000 lines of code per month. To learn about pricing and the Amazon Q Developer Free Tier, visit Amazon Q Developer pricing .”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Price point· | “Try Amazon Q Developer at no cost with the AWS Free Tier . The Amazon Q Developer perpetual Free Tier gives you 50 agentic chat interactions per month. You can also transform up to 1,000 lines of code per month.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Availability· | available for use in your code editor. Download a plugin or extension below and get started on the Amazon Q Developer Free Tier in a few minutes “Amazon Q Developer is available for use in your code editor. Download a plugin or extension below and get started on the Amazon Q Developer Free Tier in a few minutes.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Hosted service being discontinued - the homepage carries a banner stating Refact Cloud is shutting down soon “Refact Cloud is shutting down soon”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Support model· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | "Priority support and onboarding" named as a paid-tier feature; no response times or remedies published “Priority support and onboarding”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Foundation models
| Field | Amazon Q Developer | Refact.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Base models· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Powered by Qwen2.5-Coder model and Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Model provider· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Use Claude 4, GPT-4o, or GPT-4o mini with AI Agent or for chat queries. Bring your own key Connect your API key and use any LLM: Gemini, Grok, OpenAI, Deepseek, and others.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Model swappable· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Bring your own key Connect your API key and use any LLM: Gemini, Grok, OpenAI, Deepseek, and others.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Fine-tuning· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Fine-tune LLMs Train AI on your stack to customize its behavior.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Ecosystem
| Field | Amazon Q Developer | Refact.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Protocols supported· | agentic coding, chat and MCP support “For capabilities similar to Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins, explore Kiro to access the latest models and features, including agentic coding, chat and MCP support.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Tool use· | automatically reading and writing files, generating code diffs, and running shell commands “The agentic coding experience can intelligently perform tasks on your behalf by automatically reading and writing files, generating code diffs, and running shell commands”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Refact.ai Agent accesses your resources and handles related operations autonomously, mimicking your workflow.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Open source· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Self-described as open source in the homepage headline; no licence named on the page checked “Your Open-Source, Autonomous AI Agent”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Marketplace presence· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Plugins published for VS Code, JetBrains IDEs (PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, IntelliJ, CLion), Visual Studio, Neovim and Sublime Text; several marked beta “Download Refact.ai plugins: VS Code JetBrains Visual Studio beta Neovim beta Sublime Text beta PyCharm WebStorm GoLand IntelliJ CLion”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Impact
| Field | Amazon Q Developer | Refact.ai |
|---|---|---|
| User base· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Deployment scale· | available for use in your code editor. Download a plugin or extension below and get started on the Amazon Q Developer Free Tier in a few minutes “Amazon Q Developer is available for use in your code editor. Download a plugin or extension below and get started on the Amazon Q Developer Free Tier in a few minutes.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Disclosed by neither
Both Amazon Q Developer and Refact.ai publish nothing on these 30 fields. That is a finding about the category rather than a difference between them, so it is recorded here instead of as 30 identical table rows. Each is shown with its source check on the individual profiles.
- Target sectors
- High-risk domains
- Documented incidents
- Deployment options
- Integrations
- Supported regions
- Open weights
- Context window
- Multi-agent
- API access
- Safety evaluations
- Red teaming
- Safety policy
- Usage restrictions
- Model or system card
- Incident reporting
- Third-party evaluations
- Insurance available
- Insurance carriers
- Coverage limits
- Indemnification
- Liability cap
- Audit trail
- Tamper-evident log
- Compliance certifications
- Regulatory alignment
- Outcome-based pricing
- Settlement mechanism
- Dispute process
- SLA terms
Questions
- How do Amazon Q Developer and Refact.ai compare on operating environment?
- Amazon Q Developer: no public information disclosed. Refact.ai: Runs inside the developer's IDE, working against their codebase and stack.
- How do Amazon Q Developer and Refact.ai compare on initiative?
- Amazon Q Developer: autonomously perform a range of tasks–everything from implementing features, documenting, testing, reviewing, and refactoring code, to performing software upgrades. Refact.ai: no public information disclosed.
- How do Amazon Q Developer and Refact.ai compare on deployment scale?
- Amazon Q Developer: available for use in your code editor. Download a plugin or extension below and get started on the Amazon Q Developer Free Tier in a few minutes. Refact.ai: no public information disclosed.
- How do Amazon Q Developer and Refact.ai compare on pricing model?
- Amazon Q Developer: The Amazon Q Developer perpetual Free Tier gives you 50 agentic chat interactions per month. You can also transform up to 1,000 lines of code per month. Refact.ai: no public information disclosed.
- How do Amazon Q Developer and Refact.ai compare on availability?
- Amazon Q Developer: available for use in your code editor. Download a plugin or extension below and get started on the Amazon Q Developer Free Tier in a few minutes. Refact.ai: Hosted service being discontinued - the homepage carries a banner stating Refact Cloud is shutting down soon.
- How do Amazon Q Developer and Refact.ai compare on support model?
- Amazon Q Developer: no public information disclosed. Refact.ai: "Priority support and onboarding" named as a paid-tier feature; no response times or remedies published.